Danise

(da-né’-z4), Giuseppe, b. Naples, Jan. 11, 1883; opera barytone; 1st studied law, then singing with Colonnese and Petillo; début, Naples, 1906; has sung in leading Italian theatres, also Ru ia, South May 15, 1763—Carlsruhe, April 13, 1826; dram. composer. Da Ponte (da pén’-té), Lorenzo, Ceneda, near Venice, March to, 1749— New York, Aug. 17, 1838; of Jewish race; poet-laureate to Joseph II. at Vienna, until 1792; wrote text of Mozart’s ‘‘Don Giovanni” and ‘‘Cosi Fan Tutte”; London, 1803, teacher of Italian and poet to the Italian and Central America and U. S.; Opera; made a failure of different Met. Op. Co., N. Y., for some years pursuits in the U. S. A., and was after 1920; also in America with finally teacher of Italian at Columbia Ravinia Op. Co. College, N. Y.; pub. ‘‘Memorie’?